It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
MARGARET MEADFathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we’ve put it in an impossible situation.
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in all cultures, human beings – in order to be human – must understand the nonhuman.
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Injustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.
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We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.
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We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith without assistance from the legal structure of the country.
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The assumption that men were created equal, with an equal ability to make an effort and win an earthly reward, although denied every day by experience, is maintained every day by our folklore and our daydreams.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
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We end up with the contradictory picture of a society that appears to throw its doors wide open to women, but translates her every step towards success as having been damaging.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
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The ability to learn is older as it is also more widespread than is the ability to teach.
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If a fish were an anthropologist, the last thing it would discover would be water.
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